Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 56, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 26, 2005, 6:30 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 26, 2005, 6:30 AM CDT (11:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2005, 6:58 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 206 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1430 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 868 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 261130 TORMOB ALC003-261200- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0056.050926T1130Z-050926T1200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 630 AM CDT MON SEP 26 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA * UNTIL 700 AM CDT * AT 627 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER RABUN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF I65 AND AL 59 BY 635 AM CDT RABUN BY 640 AM CDT I65 AND AL 287 BY 650 AM CDT DYAS AND I65 AND CR 47 BY 700 AM CDT IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...ABANDON VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES AND SEEK A REINFORCED SHELTER. MOVE TO THE LOWEST FLOOR INTERIOR HALLWAY OR CLOSET. COVER YOUR BODY WITH BLANKETS OR PILLOWS. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3115 8777 3103 8791 3082 8771 3098 8758 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMOB 261149 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 649 AM CDT MON SEP 26 2005 ALC003-261200- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-050926T1200Z/ BALDWIN AL- 649 AM CDT MON SEP 26 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY... AT 643 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR I65 AND CR 47...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BAY MINETTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DYAS AND PERDIDO BY 655 AM CDT IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3115 8777 3103 8791 3082 8771 3098 8758 $$
000 WWUS54 KMOB 261158 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 656 AM CDT MON SEP 26 2005 ALC003-261206- /O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-050926T1200Z/ BALDWIN AL- 656 AM CDT MON SEP 26 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADO BEARING THUNDERSTORM HAS BEEN WEAKENING QUICKLY AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST OUT OF BALDWIN COUNTY. LAT...LON 3115 8777 3103 8791 3082 8771 3098 8758 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 5:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Monroe | 28 min |
| Sep 26, 5:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 31 min |
| Sep 26, 11:02 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 88 min | |
| Sep 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 30 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.